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A Legacy of Gotham

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Rossum said:
And you're drawing the line adding some blonde or gold color to our mask or helmet? Oh God forbid someone with a bird theme make a costume more colorful than a tuxedo with a plague doctor mask or just walk around in a black leotard calling themselves "Rook".
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it is a temporary costume as we cannot afford anything better at the moment. Also you forgot the details silver plumage details on the leotard. Also we are in gotham. Colorful things stand out a LOT and are thus easy targets.

Please remember we are low on funds and this is supposed to be a low budget costume. I chose a costume we can realistically afford and a name that fit the theme and our skillset (A clever, tool using bird that steals shinnies and is happy to donate to friends)
 
Rossum said:
Or something like a gold tiara, visor, or decals on the side of a helmet.

In case you forgot, this is our partner:


Just imagine black spandex over the exposed skin.​

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And you're drawing the line adding some blonde or gold color to our mask or helmet? Oh God forbid someone with a bird theme make a costume more colorful than a tuxedo with a plague doctor mask or just walk around in a black leotard calling themselves "Rook".

We have superpowers and supertech, we're bulletproof, our partner is a jester who plans to fight with sonic boxing gloves, our butler is a bulletproof ninja, and we still have one living parent who's pretty cool and knows how to not take himself too seriously.

I think we can afford to have more than black and grey on our costume's color scheme.
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That IS the color schem and I just dont think MImis style meshes with ours that weve seen so far
 
Rjrulew said:
That IS the color schem and I just dont think MImis style meshes with ours that weve seen so far
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What the... that's exactly what I'm freaking saying! Our partner has bright colors, they don't mesh with boring-ass black and white, and the stuff we have so far is all black and white with maybe some silver lining on it.

My suggestion was "pink Owlman" since Owlman already has a decent bird themed outfit ready made, it's silly enough to fit with our partner, and we wouldn't have to reinvent the wheel to know what it looks like.
 
Rossum said:
What the... that's exactly what I'm freaking saying! Our partner has bright colors, they don't mesh with boring-ass black and white, and the stuff we have so far is all black and white with maybe some silver lining on it.

My suggestion was "pink Owlman" since Owlman already has a decent bird themed outfit ready made, it's silly enough to fit with our partner, and we wouldn't have to reinvent the wheel to know what it looks like.
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again, gotham. The only colorful people in gotham are insane villains. The Joker for instance....

Personally I would rather avoid bright colors as they stand out and are thus easy to spot and, as a result, hit with firearms. It is easier to hit the brightly glowing neon car compared to a camouflaged spy car
 
lockingbane said:
MiMi is probably going to be targeted the most by virtue of being the most eyecatching against the black and greys of gotham
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Which is unfortunate since of the three of us, she's the only one of us who's not naturally bulletproof. Our bulletproof outfit might cover her, but her head is exposed.

And we're deciding to start our careers by picking fights with criminals.
 
Rossum said:
Which is unfortunate since of the three of us, she's the only one of us who's not naturally bulletproof. Our bulletproof outfit might cover her, but her head is exposed.

And we're deciding to start our careers by picking fights with criminals.
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true, but i will state this again... Do you want to be highly visible in a place like gotham? It is like putting up a sign saying "Here I am! Come do unspeakable things to me!" in bright neon

There is a reason batman wears black and it isn't just for intimidation
 
Zilla said:
Killer Moth wears bright purple
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Yes, but he is an idiot... until he becomes a mutant abomination. Then he is just crazy

He was regularly ridiculed and was firmly at mook level until he mutated.... speaking of which if Kitten is a thing I am unsure whether to be amused or afraid.
 
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Zilla said:
Condiment King disagrees.

Killer Moth wears bright purple.
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Riddler
Poison Ivy
Firefly
Harley Quinn
Two Face (two contrasting colors, half is going to be something other than black)


And let's not forget the heroes

Superman
Wonder Woman
The Flash

All bulletproof or able to dodge them. Their bright costume's inspire others, provide easy reputation boosts for them, and since they don't fear bullets they can enter a room, get targeted by every gun in the room, and provide a distraction or attract fire away from innocents or non bulletproof allies.

Also:
Green Arrow
Robin

They aren't bulletproof but still seem to get a boost in two with their bright outfits and are skilled enough to keep their cool and avoid getting hit in shootouts.


Actually, I think most of the non frontline criminals in Gotham wear bright distinctive outfits for similar reasons, it helps them stand out from common mobsters.


In a combat situation, dark colors might help you blend in. But in a social situation, bright colors make you stand out. Penguin is a lesser version of this, he blends into social situations, stands out among mobsters, and has no place in a combat zone (unless he's bulletproof, but then again it's not really his element).


Also kind of why Superman, Wonder Woman, and Flash all have outgoing personalities and fame while Batman is this creepy loner guy who hangs out in the background plotting up ways to backstab his allies incase these world saving heroes ever turn evil for some reason (and he never makes plans to just cure them of mind control or whatever).
 
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Rossum said:
Riddler
Poison Ivy
Firefly
Harley Quinn
Two Face (two contrasting colors, half is going to be something other than black)
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All of them are insane to some degree

Rossum said:
Superman
Wonder Woman
The Flash
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None of them are based in gotham. Their bases are much more forgiving of bright colors

Rossum said:
Also:
Green Arrow
Robin
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See above for arrow and Robins oufit has a cloak that is black he can easily cover the bright colors with. Also depending on the version the red may be much darker
 
lockingbane said:
All of them are insane to some degree
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Well duh. They're comic book villains, that's kind of a given. Also, they're in Gotham, so also a given.

And we're a high school girl who drank some chemicals, got bulletproof skin, and are now we're heading out to pick fights with thugs or something with our clown best friend and butlerman.

Are you saying that we're perfectly sane?

I mean, one could say that if we're looking to get funds for our tinkering, the sane thing to do would be to focus our plan on getting those funds as safely and efficiently as possible. Like say sneaking into a warehouse and stealing supplies where we can avoid a fight instead of actively looking for people essentially beat up and rob. People who are very likely to be armed or have connections to organized crime.

Or we could use our tech skills to rob an ATM or something to get cash without having to hurt anyone. Basically the bank robbery option with a focus on not hurting people.

But, I guess we want to be vigilantes. Or really crummy ones. I mean... are we looking to get these guys arrested for crimes? Beat them up to weaken our father's competition? We just want to rob people and figure it's totes okay to violently beat up and steal from gang members because "they deserve it" as opposed to nonviolently stealing some stuff from a warehouse or bank?

Yeah, dressing up in a costume so we can beat up and rob people is totally sane and not at all like something Harley Quinn, Two Face, or Riddler would do. Especially since we're apparently not wanting to get them arrested or anything and rather just wanting to rob them and banking on them somehow being too embarrassed to talk about what happened with all their money.
 
Alright vote called.
Adhoc vote count started by Zilla on Aug 15, 2018 at 3:05 PM, finished with 266 posts and 10 votes.
  • [X] Plan Rook and Roll
    [X] Rook
    [X] A simple black leotard with silver highlights around the eyes, chest, and back made to look vaguely like plumage.
    [X] Association of Enhanced Gothamites and Incumbent Supers/A.E.G.I.S
    [X] Roof hop!
    [X] Look for thugs to beat up!
    -[X] But make sure you dont hit any of daddy's men. You done want to get him in trouble after all.
    [x] Codename: Bright Owl
    [x] Costume: More colorful Owlman costume.
    [x] Team Name: Fowl
    [x] Steal a Car
    [x] Loot shipping warehouse!
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Adhoc vote count started by Zilla on Aug 15, 2018 at 3:05 PM, finished with 266 posts and 10 votes.
  • [X] Plan Rook and Roll
    [X] Rook
    [X] A simple black leotard with silver highlights around the eyes, chest, and back made to look vaguely like plumage.
    [X] Association of Enhanced Gothamites and Incumbent Supers/A.E.G.I.S
    [X] Roof hop!
    [X] Look for thugs to beat up!
    -[X] But make sure you dont hit any of daddy's men. You done want to get him in trouble after all.
    [x] Codename: Bright Owl
    [x] Costume: More colorful Owlman costume.
    [x] Team Name: Fowl
    [x] Steal a Car
    [x] Loot shipping warehouse!
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Adhoc vote count started by Zilla on Aug 15, 2018 at 3:05 PM, finished with 266 posts and 10 votes.
  • [X] Plan Rook and Roll
    [X] Plan Rook and Roll
    [X] Rook
    [X] A simple black leotard with silver highlights around the eyes, chest, and back made to look vaguely like plumage.
    [X] Association of Enhanced Gothamites and Incumbent Supers/A.E.G.I.S
    [X] Roof hop!
    [X] Look for thugs to beat up!
    -[X] But make sure you dont hit any of daddy's men. You done want to get him in trouble after all.
    [x] Codename: Bright Owl
    [x] Costume: More colorful Owlman costume.
    [x] Team Name: Fowl
    [x] Steal a Car
    [x] Loot shipping warehouse!
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Rossum said:
Are you saying that we're perfectly sane?
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Degrees of Insanity the typical VIgilante being closer to sane with Joker on the far end of the spectrum
Rossum said:
And we're a high school girl who drank some chemicals
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By accident your forgetting that KEY part
Rossum said:
Or we could use our tech skills to rob an ATM or something to get cash without having to hurt anyone. Basically the bank robbery option with a focus on not hurting people.
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But All of the others will end with us being investigated actively by cops and/or Batman
Rossum said:
But, I guess we want to be vigilantes. Or really crummy ones. I mean... are we looking to get these guys arrested for crimes? Beat them up to weaken our father's competition? We just want to rob people and figure it's totes okay to violently beat up and steal from gang members because "they deserve it" as opposed to nonviolently stealing some stuff from a warehouse or bank?
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Nope its because they wont report it since criminals dont go to cops especially in gotham and most gang members wearing Colors have(Likely) completed a sort of initiation( Murder or something of that ilk) to cement their loyalty and can be justifiably robbed of a nights work as compared to a business that helps keep Gotham afloat(Shipping and industry) Or robbing banks who after the Abignale Cons and the subsequent legal and Insurance revisions only Recoup 80% due to that 20% Lost incentivising banks to keep up their security, and look for Cons
 
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2-2 The First Fight! Or is it Fright?
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    • Issue #2-2: The First Fight! Or is it Fright?​


    [O] Plan Rook and Roll
    [O Rook
    [O] A simple black leotard with silver highlights around the eyes, chest, and back made to look vaguely like plumage.
    [O] Association of Enhanced Gothamites and Incumbent Supers/A.E.G.I.S
    [O] Roof hop!
    [O] Look for thugs to beat up!
    -[O] But make sure you dont hit any of daddy's men. You done want to get him in trouble after all.

    Date: April 9th, 1999
    Cash: $0

    During the day you are a mild mannered girl by the name of Adrian Cobblepot, but from this night forward when the sun sets on your city you shall be known as Rook! It's a bird, not the chess piece, and Screaming Mimi won't stop teasing you about it.

    "I'm just saying that if you called yourself Black Queen you could have a bunch of chess themed minions."

    "Well I'm a bird, my costume even has feathers on it."

    Your costume was a simple black full body leotard with silver highlights on your arms and legs that made them look feathered. The silver highlights around your eye holes were shaped like the tail feathers of a bird, and you made yourself a utility belt out of an old tool belt you found. It wasn't the best looking, and you'll probably replace it with something better when you have the funds, but it's yours.

    Roof Hopping! Agility Roll DC 60
    1st Roll 1D100 = 22 Fail!
    Brute forcing it with strength! Same DC
    1st Roll 1D100= 29+50 = 79 Pass!

    Jackal Roof Hopping! Agility Roll DC 60
    1st Roll 1D100= 45+20(Agi) = 65 Pass!

    Screaming Mimi Roof Hopping! Agility Roll DC 20
    1st Roll 1D100= 93+40(Flight) = 133
    2nd Roll 1D100= 68+33 = 101
    3rd Roll 1D100= 6+1 = 7
    Total Roll: 207 Pass!
    Screaming Mimi yearns some retcon points!

    The night wasn't off to a great start at all. Mimi kept giggling to herself because you kept cracking the rooftops when you landed on them.

    "Miss Rook, perhaps when we return to the lair I should train so you don't cause unwanted property damage?"

    "I think that would be wise Jackal."

    Mimi just kept giggling, it would be annoying if she didn't use the sound of her own giggles to form vaguely shaped pink butterfly wings on her back that she can fly with.

    "Butterfly in the sky, I can fly twice as high."

    "Do you really need to sing Mimi?"

    "Yup!"

    Number of Thugs in the first fight Roll!
    1st Roll 1D20= 13

    Fight Rolls! Rook vs Various Thugs! DC Beat the Thugs Defense Roll!
    1st Roll 1D100= 34+50(Super Strength) = 84

    Defense Rolls! Various Thugs vs Rook! DC 84
    1st Roll 1D100= 67+15(Numbers!)-10(Mooks) = 72
    Rook wins!

    Fight Rolls! Screaming Mimi vs Various Thugs! DC Beat the Thugs Defense Roll!
    1st Roll 1D100= 21+40(SOUND!) = 61

    Defense Rolls! Various Thugs vs Screaming Mimi! DC 61
    1st Roll 1D100= 9+15(Numbers!)-10(Mooks) = 14
    Screaming Mimi wins!

    Fight Rolls! The Jackal vs Various Thugs! DC Beat the Thugs Defense Roll!
    1st Roll 1D100= 72+40(KNIFE FIGHT!) = 112

    Defense Rolls! Various Thugs vs The Jackal! DC 112
    1st Roll 1D100= 4+15(Numbers!)-10(Mooks) = 9
    The Jackal may have murdered some people! Also he wins!

    Do you notice that he murdered some of them?
    Investigation Roll! DC 80
    1st Roll 1D100= 77
    You have no idea!

    Does Screaming Mimi?
    Investigation Roll! DC 80 => 45, Lowered by Sound Sense!
    1st Roll 1D100= 20
    She was too busy fighting to notice.

    First Loot Roll of the night! Luck Roll!
    1st Roll 1D100= 17
    + $75 Dollars

    Your first fight was something you'd always remember. Jumping down into a dim alley was on 31st Street onto your unexpecting targets. Without any finesse or stealth you land right in the middle of the 13 men, and just start swinging. Naturally you avoid aiming for vital areas when punching them, like the head and chest. You can't want to splatter something super important by accident.

    Mimi is flying above the fight blasting the criminals with bright pink boxing gloves made out of sound, and dropping sound anvils on them while she giggles as she has the time of her life. Occasionally she'll wrap a thug in a sound binding and throw them at their allies.

    You didn't know what Jackal was doing, but you think you saw him defect a baseball bat with a knife. Which is cool, even if he could of used his strength to force the knife to cut through the wooden bat. It probably wouldn't be good for the knife now that you think about it.

    The thugs fought hard against you all, but they just couldn't win. There was no way for them to hurt you or Jackal, and they didn't have any guns so they can't even reach Screaming Mimi. It's kind of sad really, and almost makes you feel like a bad person, like you're beating up a bunch of defenseless people. Ultimately it's only almost, after all you are a Princess and these are bandits in the night. You are in your every right to punish them for… being thugs? Plotting something? Not paying taxes? Whatever it is you're allowed to do it!


    *****​

    The three of you spend an hour rooftopping, occasionally descending onto the streets to beat up thugs! Well at least you think they're thugs. Everyone you fight looks extremely suspicious, so they're probably criminals!

    Second and Third Fight auto-won so the QM can get on with this.
    2nd Loot Roll!
    1st Roll 1D100= 16
    +$54 dollars

    3rd Loot Roll!
    1st Roll 1D100= 31
    +$125 dollars


    The Jackal was leading you through it all, even though he was your minion for the night. He lead you in a bizarre zig zagging pattern around the city as if he was avoiding something, maybe the Batman? Obviously you all avoided going anywhere near your father's club, the Iceberg Lounge. You're still grounded after all, and if he found out that you were doing this you'd either be double grounded, if that was even a thing, or he'd congratulate you on making money.

    "So Jackal."

    "Yes ma'am?"

    "How long have you been a ninja?"

    "Nini-nin!"

    You just leveled a stare at Mimi.

    "I heard it somewhere, and can't remember where. One of life's great mysteries."

    The Jackal coughed into his fist, getting both your attention and your partner's.

    "Since before you were born, now let's do one or two more before heading back."

    "Sure!"

    "Sounds good."

    *****​

    Fourth Fight Auto Won!
    Loot Roll!
    1st Roll 1D100= 94!

    "Mimi?"

    "Yes Rook?"

    You just stared at your friend, really just stared at her for several minutes while Jackal stood ominously in the background like a good butler ninja. Mimi was posing with her hand on her knee as she leaned forward and down as if she was looking down from a tall tower and surveying all that she owned. To add to the ridiculousness of it she was posing on top of a Wayne Tech armored car. Mimi had used it to pin unconscious thugs to the wall of a building.

    "Is that an armored truck you used to trap them?"

    "Yep, and I think it's technically called an armored car. Anyway! Now we can take whatever is in it too! Like Heroes!"


    Encounter Roll!
    1st Roll 1D100= 37 Scarecrow!

    Scarecrow Stealth Roll! DC 80, 110
    1st Roll 1D100= 75+10(Stealth) = 85
    Screaming Mimi hears him coming with Sound Powers!

    Before you can reply to Mimi, she turns to look at an alleyway down the street. The Jackal follows where she's looking and gets into a stance that you recognize from one of the earlier fights tonight. Mimi's voice carries down the street before you can ask about what's going on.

    "You can come out now. I can hear you, and The Jackal can see you, I think? Unless you can smell him? That would be a dog thing right?"

    "No Screaming Mimi, I can only see him."

    "Hey, why does Rook get called Ma'am, and you use my name for me?"

    "Because she's my employer."

    As Mimi tried to argue to be promoted to Ma'am a figure approached. He, you assume he was a he, was wearing a torn and stained white dress shirt, and jeans. On his head was a strange mix of a burlap sack and a gas mask. Over it all he wore a bulletproof vest that said 'Doctor' instead of 'Police', and out of every tear and hole straw stuck out as if he was a living scarecrow. You think you saw black spandex under it all, but that could just be the shadows the play across his tall frame.

    "Greetings, fellows. My name is Scarecrow, and I would gladly pay you for what's in that truck. Along with any therapy sessions if needed."

    What do?

    [] Accept payment for the Armor Car.

    [] Fight him, it's your loot!

    [] Therapy?


    Gained +$253



    Here it is finally! Sorry if it's not that great, college and reading other Quests is taking up time.
     
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    • [X] Therapy
    I think we should see what the hell hes talking about when he says therapy he WAS a psychiatrist
     
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    Hehehe. Is it fear toxin? If we accept, he will probably dose us with fear toxin.

    Or is it his minions? Never pegged Scarecrow to care for his minions at all.
     
    [X] Accept payment for the Armor Car.

    Let's foster relationships with some of Gotham rogue gallery, shall we. We could try to offer ourselves up as for hire in case he needs something like this done again
     
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    Let's foster relationships with some of Gotham rogue gallery, shall we. We could try to offer ourselves up as for hire in case he needs something like this done again
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    Or offer to make his clothes bulletproof instead of rob since the Tailoring is just as lucrative without threat of arrest since making clothes is not a crime edit like the guy in the Flashes city who makes all the costumes for the rogues gallery without ever getting charged or even detained
     
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    Or offer to make his clothes bulletproof instead of rob since the Tailoring is just as lucrative without threat of arrest since making clothes is not a crime
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    against Scarecrow? Ha! We're just as likely to get Fear Toxin'd and kidnapped to be experimented on. Best to stay away from the crazies. He's almost as bad as the Joker when it comes to things like these.

    We either take the money and run, or take the truck and run.

    Talky talky leads to Fear Toxin'd Insanity.
     
    TimEd said:
    against Scarecrow? Ha! We're just as likely to get Fear Toxin'd and kidnapped to be experimented on. Best to stay away from the crazies. He's almost as bad as the Joker when it comes to things like these.

    We either take the money and run, or take the truck and run.

    Talky talky leads to Fear Toxin'd Insanity.
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    Do we know that IC and have we shown ourselves to be the ilk to do the other 2 without being attacked first since we only came here to take a bit of money not help a probably nutbag do shit
     
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